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**Saptamaṁ Parva**
When the yakṣas spoke thus and remained immovable like clay figures, the lord of the yakṣas became angry and spoke in this manner: 283. "Forgetful of me, they are eager to meditate on some other god. Alas! how capricious these fools are!" 284. Thereupon, the fierce yakṣa, having uttered harsh words, commanded his servants who were awaiting orders to disturb these three brothers. 285. By their very nature, they were cruel, and having received such orders from their lord, they began to perform various acts in different forms before them. 286. One of the yakṣas leapt energetically, higher than a mountain, and fell before them as if all directions were being struck by thunderbolts. 287. Another yakṣa, coiling itself like a serpent, wrapped around their entire bodies, and yet another appeared as a lion, wide-mouthed and fierce. 288. They made a dreadful sound near the ears, rendering all directions deaf, while some adopted the forms of biting devils, elephants, thunderstorms, wildfires, and oceans, creating disturbances in varied forms. 289. When the three brothers, whose minds were steadfast like a pillar of meditation, did not get disturbed by these diversions as mentioned above, 290. a great fearful army of mlecchas was manifested through agitation. This army, filled with exceedingly wrathful chandālas, appeared fierce with sharp weapons, akin to a mass of darkness. 291. Then they showed that, having won the war, they had destroyed the city of Puṣpāntaka and captured your father Ratnaśrava along with his relatives. 292. The inner palaces were also lamenting with a heart-wrenching cry, proclaiming that even in the presence of sons like you, they had achieved suffering. 293. The father was thus creating a great obfuscation before them, exclaiming, "O sons! In this great forest, the mlecchas are killing me, so protect me!" 294. They demonstrated that your mother was being beaten by chandālas, bound in chains, dragged by her locks, and she was shedding a stream of tears. 295. The mother said, "O sons! Behold the state I am in the forest. Not only this, but the Shabara people are taking me to their settlement right before you!" 296. "You had previously claimed falsely that even those empowered by knowledge..."